Welcome to the new trustees

Andy Goudie

Andy currently works as a project manager for British Telecom. He has a wealth of experience in stakeholder management and managing large corporate projects. An important part of this role is supporting the individual members of his teams, troubleshooting problems, and delivering communication strategies that ensure clarity and transparency for all involved.

Andy is a Prospect Union rep with a particular interest/focus on equality, inclusion and diversity. He is also a health and safety representative and a case handler. Andy’s union duties have afforded him a heightened awareness of the obstacles that people face with mental health and disability challenges.

Andy’s love of a challenge has seen him recently embark on a law degree to further enhance his ability to help people.

Over the years, Andy has been involved in many fundraising activities for Dundee. These include putting on two concerts, releasing four CDs and live singing events in Dundee city centre for Help for Kids, a local charity that targets child poverty in Dundee. Andy very much looks forward to this next challenge.

Sharon Hodgson

DJCAD Design Graduate with a 30 year career chapter; Department of Trade and Industry, project manager NYC fashion business, Design and Campaign manager. Founder of Dundee’s first yoga studio; hosting for residential retreats and working with addiction recovery communities.

During Covid-19 Sharon up skilled to Alumni with the Elevator centre of entrepreneurship and service design, she successfully pitched to a panel for start up funding with Pay it Forward proposition; healing methods designed with and to assist inclusive recovery communities.

A mother of one boy, a lover for travel, made by dyslexia she thrives in work cultures developing for social good. While Sharon describes her front line role in recovery communities couldn’t be further away from her first chapter, applying her skills purposefully to reduce suffering is far more meaningful and worthwhile.

Sharon is an advocate of relationship projects, collaboration is made possible with lived experience as equals. Dual diagnosis of substance use and mental illness related disease accelerated by social and culture problems, these can be difficult to define and solve, especially designers with empathy like hers is needed and welcome on our board.